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Aero Theme Inverted

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Recently when playing a game in fullscreen mode (BF3) I got the popup for "Windows suggests you turn off aero theme to increase performance". Usually I tell it not to, and go back into this game. This time though, it came up while I was jumping,
and as such I pressed space, and it chose an option and disabled aero theme. The problem being that now it does not enable again, EXCEPT when I am playing a full screen game. Then it works (I run 2 screens). So the problem is that my aero theme only work when
I use full screen applications, but otherwise is in compatibility mode.

I do not get this option, unfortunately. It simply says that I am using a basic windows theme, and can't enable aero. I have tried using the multiple fixes out there, including going into Services, as well as setting it to manually change the looks for
appearance, not performance, and so on.

From the result, it seems that Aero should work fine in your PC, but unfortunately it is not. Here, I note that you’re using 2 screen, does this issue occur when just using one screen, I’m not sure what is the exact cause, but sometimes the limit of GPU
memory, or some kind of hardware, or driver conflicts may also cause the aero to be disabled. Get a better video card, then restart the DWM services for a test.

That is not the problem. Aero enables itself when I run a full screen program (Games, mostly). I can see the windows on the other screen get the aero effect. But when I exit the full screen program, the visual effect is gone.

Unfortunately that did not work either. The error is quite obviously in Windows, not the graphics drivers. I can see the aero theme fine on the second screen if I have a fullscreen program running. It just does not enable during regular activities.

Unfortunately that did not work either. The error is quite obviously in Windows, not the graphics drivers. I can see the aero theme fine on the second screen if I have a fullscreen program running. It just does not enable during regular activities.

Hello Edeene,

I wouldn't be gladder for reset of Aero Theme for your computer, but now starts Microsoft's developers knowledge field, sends alterations at so many places no rollbacks, resets of all of them allowed for user, best way don't bother about aesthetics
of Windows for computer functions well, which might be jeopardised because of efforts of resets.

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